This Arrow Dynamics looping coaster is
classified as “extreme” by Roller Coaster Database. The stats are not particularly impressive but
the ride could be said to be extreme in terms of its intensity. With seven cars seating two across and
accommodating four riders for a total capacity of twenty eight, the train makes
a left turn out of the station and ascends a 78-foot lift hill, drops 78 feet
and travels through two consecutive loops.
At a maximum speed of 50 mph, it turns left and goes through a double
corkscrew. This is followed by a right
turn, after which the train enters a helix before returning to the
station. What makes this coaster
somewhat unique is that it’s the only Arrow Dynamics coaster on which the
riders go through the corkscrew element in a counterclockwise direction. Unique or not, this ride is, in my opinion,
torturous. At 1 minute 30 seconds, it’s
mercifully short – mercifully because it’s rough to the point of being
painful. I got such an ear-boxing that
nothing would tempt me to ride it again.
Dragon Fire is by no means uninteresting but I found it unenjoyable in
the extreme. 2 out of 5 stars. Photograph courtesy of Canada ’s
Wonderland. For more information about
rides at Canada ’s
Wonderland, visit www.canadaswonderland.com
ROLLER COASTER REVIEWS
- AFTERBURN
- ALPENGEIST
- AMERICAN EAGLE
- ANACONDA KINGS DOMINION
- APOLLO'S CHARIOT
- AVALANCHE KINGS DOMINION
- BACKLOT STUNT COASTER
- BANSHEE
- BATMAN: THE DARK NIGHT
- BATMAN: THE RIDE SFGA
- BATWING
- Behemoth
- BIZARRO SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE
- BIZARRO SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND
- BLUE STREAK CEDAR POINT
- BOOMERANG COAST TO COASTER
- BOULDER DASH
- CANNIBAL
- CAROLINA COBRA
- CAROLINA CYCLONE
- CEDAR POINT
- CHEETAH HUNT
- COLOSSUS THE FIRE DRAGON
- CONEY ISLAND CYCLONE
- Cyclone Six Flags New England
- DEMON - SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA
- DIAMONDBACK KINGS ISLAND
- DOMINATOR - KD
- DORNEY PARK
- DRAGON FIRE
- EL TORO
- FAHRENHEIT
- FIRECHASER EXPRESS
- FLASHBACK SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND
- FLIGHT DECK
- FLIGHT OF FEAR - KD
- FURY 325
- GALACTICA
- GATEKEEPER
- GEMINI
- GOLIATH - SIX FLAGS FIESTA
- GOLIATH - SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA
- GOLIATH - SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND
- GREAT BEAR
- GRIFFON
- GRIZZLY
- GWAZI
- HERSHEYPARK
- HOLIDAY WORLD
- HURLER - CAROWINDS
- HYDRA THE REVENGE
- INTIMIDATOR
- INTIMIDATOR 305
- IRON RATTLER
- JET STAR 2
- JOKER'S JINX
- JUDGE ROY SCREAM
- KINGDA KA
- KINGS DOMINION
- KUMBA
- LEVIATHAN
- LIGHTNING RACER
- LIGHTNING ROD
- LOCH NESS MONSTER
- MAGNUM XL 200
- MAVERICK
- MEAN STREAK
- MIGHTY CANADIAN MINEBUSTER
- MILLENNIUM FORCE
- MIND ERASER - SFNE
- MONTU
- MR. FREEZE REVERSE BLAST
- MY TOP TEN ROLLER COASTERS
- MYSTERY MINE
- NEMESIS - ALTON TOWERS
- NEW TEXAS GIANT
- NIGHTHAWK
- NITRO
- OBLIVION
- OUTLAW RUN
- PHOENIX KNOEBELS
- POLTERGEIST
- POSSESSED
- POWDER KEG
- RAGING BULL
- RAPTOR - CEDAR POINT
- REBEL YELL
- RITA - ALTON TOWERS
- ROADRUNNER EXPRESS
- ROAR
- ROLLER COASTER
- ROLLING THUNDER
- RUNAWAY MINE TRAIN - SFGA
- SHEIKRA
- SHIVERING TIMBERS
- SHOCK WAVE
- SIDEWINDER HERSHEY PARK
- SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE
- SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND
- SKYRUSH
- SKYRUSH PHOTO SHOOT
- STEEL FORCE
- STINGER
- STORM RUNNER
- SUPERMAN - RIDE OF STEEL
- SUPERMAN KRYPTON COASTER
- SUPERMAN SFGA
- TALON
- TEMPESTO
- TENNESSEE TORNADO
- THE BEAST
- THE DARK KNIGHT - SFGA
- THE HURLER
- THE HURLER KINGS DOMINION
- THE JOKER
- THE SMILER
- THE VOYAGE
- THEME PARK REVIEWS
- THI3TEEN - ALTON TOWERS
- THUNDERBOLT
- THUNDERBOLT - SFNE
- THUNDERHAWK - DORNEY
- THUNDERHEAD
- TITAN
- TOP THRILL DRAGSTER
- TWISTED TIMBERS
- TWISTER KNOEBELS
- VIPER - SFGAM
- VOLCANO THE BLAST COASTER
- VORTEX
- WICKED
- WICKED CYCLONE - SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND
- WICKER MAN
- WILD BEAST
- WILD EAGLE
- WILD ONE - SIX FLAGS AMERICA
- WILDCAT - LAKE COMPOUNCE
- WILDCAT HERSHEY PARK
- WILDFIRE
- WOLVERINE WILDCAT
- WOODEN WARRIOR
- X-FLIGHT
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